COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Arabic MS 777 [28]
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 777 [28]
Parent Work Title:
Treatises
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Predilection of learned men for nobles and of nobles for learned
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Revision of the chapters on the science of first principles
Description:
Treatises of different ages and styles. Part A, ff. 1-23: anonymous moral treatise containing good maxims, written in clear Maghribi hand of about 1700 AD. Part B, ff. 24-34:a treatise written in clear Naskhi hand concerning a man's intercourse with other people, specifically with kings and princes. Title: "Predilection of learned men for nobles and of nobles for learned"; the author is Ibnu-l Jauzi. Part C, ff. 35b-39: a treatise on jurisprudence, written in clear Maghribi hand of about A.D. 1650, entitled "Revision of the chapters on the science of first principles". Part D, ff. 40b-96 contain verbs in Persian and Hindustani, with translations in Portuguese; written in clear Ta'lik, probably in the neighbourhood of Goa, about A.D. 1670. Part E, ff. 100-105 contain in Portuguese, the 'Regra geral pera saber coniugar os verbos persios'. On the first flyleaf there is the name of S.H. Lewin with the date 1824, and the inscription "Code MSS 1293, 5/6.
Language Code:
ara
Language:
Arabic
Language Code:
per
Language:
Persian
Language Code:
hin
Language:
Hindustani
Language Code:
por
Language:
Portuguese
Subject:
Manuscripts, Arabic--Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
233 mm
Item Width:
158 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Mingana, A., Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-09-28
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB